No. 18-5565
Nicholas Edwards v. Pennsylvania
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: actual-innocence civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process federal-constitution habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel innocent laws-of-united-states miscarriage-of-justice post-conviction-relief procedural-limitations standing state-statute treaties
Latest Conference:
2018-09-24
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. WHETHER THE STATE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS UNDER -42 PA. CONS. STAT.6501-6505, WHERE THE VALIDITY OF THE STATE STATUTES ON THE GROUNDS ITS BEING REPUGNANT TO THE CONSTITUTION, TREATIES OR LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
2. WHETHER PETITIONER SECOND PCRA PETITION MAY BE REVIEW WHEN PETITIONER DID INVOKE TWO EXCEPTION TO THE STATUTE 42 PA. C.S.A. §9545 (b)(i)(ii) AND A CLAIM OF MISCARRIGE OF JUSTICE AND INNOCENT, WHERE PETITIONER FEDERAL CONSTITUTION RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED BY TRIAL AND APPEAL COUNSEL'S.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
whether-the-state-writ-of-habeas-corpus-is-valid
Docket Entries
2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-16
Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2018-01-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 12, 2018)
Attorneys
Nicholas Edwards
Nicholas Edwards — Petitioner
Pennsylvania
Nancy Winkelman — District Attorney's Office, Respondent